Commissioning, Performance, and Effect of the Quench Current-boosting Device on a Dedicated Superconducting MagnetSuperconducting magnet training is one of the accelerator related issues attracting attention due to significant operational costs and time budget associated to it. It is especially worrisome that…S. Stoynev, M. Baldini, S. Feher·Jan 24, 2023SaveLearn
Compton PolarimetryPhotons preferentially Compton scatter perpendicular to the plane of polarisation. This property can be exploited to design instruments to measure the linear polarisation of hard X-rays (10 -…Ettore Del Monte, Sergio Fabiani, Mark Pearce·Jan 24, 2023SaveLearn
Response of germanium detectors for high-energy γ-rays by 27Al(p, γ)28Si at Ep=992 keVThe performance of germanium detectors for high-energy γ-rays was evaluated using a 992-keV resonance in the 27Al(p, γ)27Si reaction. The measurement was conducted at the…Rurie Mizuno, Megumi Niikura, Tokihiro Ikeda et al.·Jan 24, 2023SaveLearn
A general illumination method to predict bifacial photovoltaic system performanceBifacial photovoltaic technologies are estimated to supply >16% of global energy demand by 2050 to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. However, the current IEC bifacial measurement standard…Erin M. Tonita, Christopher E. Valdivia, Annie C. J. Russell et al.·Jan 23, 2023SaveLearn
Evaluation of Light Collection from Highly Scattering Media using Wavelength-Shifting FibersOpaque scintillators are designed to have a short scattering length such that scintillation photons are probabilistically confined to a small region of space about their origin. The benefit of this…Andrew Wilhelm, Garrett Wendel, Brandon Collins et al.·Jan 23, 2023SaveLearn
Assessment and Performance of Flexible Quench Antenna Array Diagnostics for Superconducting MagnetsFNAL has been developing multiple versions of flexible quench antennas (flex-QA), including some specially optimized for high sensitivity and/or high resolution, to characterize quench events and…Stoyan Stoynev, Joe DiMarco·Jan 23, 2023SaveLearn
Understanding the Frequency Dependence of Capacitance Measurements of Irradiated Silicon DetectorsCapacitance-voltage (CV) measurements are a widely used technique in silicon detector physics. It gives direct information about the full depletion voltage and the effective doping concentration.…Sven Mägdefessel, Riccardo Mori, Niels Sorgenfrei et al.·Jan 23, 2023SaveLearn
STRASSE: A Silicon Tracker for Quasi-free Scattering Measurements at the RIBFSTRASSE (Silicon Tracker for RAdioactive nuclei Studies at SAMURAI Experiments) is a new detection system under construction for quasi-free scattering (QFS) measurements at 200-250 MeV/nucleon at the…H. N. Liu, F. Flavigny, H. Baba et al.·Jan 23, 2023SaveLearn
Electromagnetic lensing using the Aharonov-Bohm effectWe demonstrate theoretically and experimentally a new electromagnetic lensing concept using the magnetic vector potential - in a region free of classical electromagnetic fields - via the…Makoto Tokoro Schreiber, Cathal Cassidy, Menour Saidani et al.·Jan 20, 2023SaveLearn
Assessment of the reliability of Deconvolution Procedures for RCF Spectroscopy of Laser-Driven Ion BeamsLaser-driven ion beams are defined by a number of unique features, including a large spread in energy. A stack configuration of radiochromic film (RCF) can be utilized to characterize such beams…S. McCallum, G. Milluzzo, M. Borghesi et al.·Jan 20, 2023SaveLearn
High-availability displacement sensing with multi-channel self mixing interferometryLaser self-mixing is in principle a simple and robust general purpose interferometric method, with the additional expressivity which results from nonlinearity. However, it is rather sensitive to…Robin Matha, Stephane Barland, François Gustave·Jan 20, 2023SaveLearn
Measurement of isotopic separation of argon with the prototype of the cryogenic distillation plant Aria for dark matter searchesThe Aria cryogenic distillation plant, located in Sardinia, Italy, is a key component of the DarkSide-20k experimental program for WIMP dark matter searches at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran…20k Collaboration·Jan 19, 2023SaveLearn
Time-correlated electron and photon counting microscopyElectron microscopy based on high-energy electrons allows nanoscopic analytical imaging taking advantage of secondarily generated particles. Especially for cathodoluminescence, the correlation…Sotatsu Yanagimoto, Naoki Yamamoto, Tatsuro Yuge et al.·Jan 19, 2023SaveLearn
Compressive Raman microspectroscopy parallelized by single-photon avalanche diode arraysWe demonstrate an efficient and scalable compressive Raman parallelization scheme based on single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) arrays to reach pixel dwell times of 23 μs, representing over…Clémence Gentner, Samuel Burri, Edoardo Charbon et al.·Jan 18, 2023SaveLearn
Improved methodologies to study the performance of the ANET Compact Neutron CollimatorThe ANET project aims at developing 2D compact neutron collimators for neutron imaging applications. The results of the ANET collimator performances, presented in this communication, are based on…Oriol Sans-Planell, Francesco Cantini, Marco Costa et al.·Jan 18, 2023SaveLearn
Anti-Neutrino Flux from the EdF Hartlepool Nuclear Power PlantIn this article, we present the first detailed simulation of the antineutrino emissions from an Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) core, benchmarked with input data from the UK Hartlepool reactors. An…Sandra Bogetic, Robert Mills, Adam Bernstein et al.·Jan 17, 2023SaveLearn
Research of radon diffusion behavior in liquid scintillatorThe background caused by radon and its daughters is an important background in the low background liquid scintillator (LS) detectors. The study of the diffusion behaviour of radon in the LS…Z. F. Xu, C. Guo, J. C. Liu et al.·Jan 17, 2023SaveLearn
New results about the revolutionary bolometer assembly of BINGOSearching for neutrinoless double-beta decay (02β) is one of the main experimental challenges of modern physics. One experimental technique is given by cryogenic detectors named bolometers…A. Armatol·Jan 17, 2023SaveLearn
Simulation studies related to the particle identification by the forward and backward RICH detectors at Electron Ion ColliderThe Electron-Ion collider (EIC) will be the ultimate facility to study the dynamics played by the colored quarks and gluons to the emergence of the global phenomenology of the nucleons and nuclei as…D. S. Bhattacharya, E. Cisbani, C. Chatterjee et al.·Jan 17, 2023SaveLearn
2 inch Molecular Organic Glass Scintillator for Neutron-Gamma DiscriminationIn this manuscript we report on the scintillation properties and pulse shape discrimination (PSD) performance of new organic glass scintillator. Two cylindrical samples with dimensions of 2x2 inches…Martyna Grodzicka-Kobylka, Tomasz Szczesniak, Marek Moszyński et al.·Jan 17, 2023SaveLearn
Development and characterisation of high-resolution microcalorimeter detectors for the ECHo-100k experimentThe goal of the ECHo experiment is a direct determination of the absolute scale of the neutrino mass by the analysis of the end-point region of the Ho-163 electron capture (EC) spectrum. The results…Federica Mantegazzini, Neven Kovac, Christian Enss et al.·Jan 16, 2023SaveLearn
First demonstration of neural sensing and control in a kilometer-scale gravitational wave observatorySuspended optics in gravitational wave (GW) observatories are susceptible to alignment perturbations, particularly slow drifts over time, due to variations in temperature and seismic levels. Such…Nikhil Mukund, James Lough, Aparna Bisht et al.·Jan 16, 2023SaveLearn
Design, construction and commissioning of the PandaX-30T liquid xenon management systemThe PandaX-30T is a proposed next-generation experiment to study dark matter and neutrinos using a dual-phase time projection chamber with 30 tons of liquid xenon. An innovative xenon…Xiuli Wang, Zhuoqun Lei, Yonglin Ju et al.·Jan 15, 2023SaveLearn
Atmospheric aerosol diagnostics with UAV-based holographic imaging and computer visionEmissions of particulate matter into the atmosphere are essential to characterize, in terms of properties such as particle size, morphology, and composition, to better understand impacts on public…Nathaniel R. Bristow, Nikolas Pardoe, Jiarong Hong·Jan 15, 2023SaveLearn
Comparison of the number of history in Monte Carlo Simulation ProgramsThe use of the Monte Carlo technique in a reliable and inexpensive way without the need for a standard radioactive source in determining the detector efficiency is becoming widespread every passing…Esra Uyar, Zeynep Aybüke Günekbay·Jan 14, 2023SaveLearn